Controls on pathogen species richness in plants' introduced and native ranges: roles of residence time, range size and host traits

Abstract

Introduced species escape many pathogens and other enemies, raising three questions. How quickly do introduced hosts accumulate pathogen species? What factors control pathogen species richness? Are these factors the same in the hosts' native and introduced ranges?

Keywords

• Emerging infectious-diseases
• phylogenetic signal
• invasive plants
• enemy release
• herbivores
• ecology
• hypothesis
• feedbacks
• evolution
• parasites